TEENAGE VITAL STATISTICS DATA
BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE AND RACE OF MOTHER
MISSISSIPPI, 1996
TOTAL FEMALES FEMALES FEMALES TOTAL
POPULATION AGES AGES AGES LIVE
RACE ALL AGES 10-19 10-14 15-19 BIRTHS
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TOTAL 36,182 2,692 1,332 1,360 474
WHITE 32,040 2,290 1,142 1,148 433
NONWHITE 4,142 402 190 212 41
-------- ALL RACES -------- ---------- WHITE ---------- -------- NONWHITE ---------
ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES ALL AGES AGES AGES
TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19 TEENS 10-14 15-17 18-19
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TEENAGE BIRTHS 101 2 37 62 90 2 33 55 11 0 4 7
TEENAGE IMMATURE BIRTHS 10 0 4 6 9 0 4 5 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE PREMATURE BIRTHS 15 0 5 10 11 0 4 7 4 0 1 3
TEENAGE ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 76 2 32 42 65 2 28 35 11 0 4 7
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS LIVE BIRTHS 15 0 2 13 13 0 2 11 2 0 0 2
TEENS WHO HAD PREVIOUS PREGNANCIES 26 0 4 22 24 0 4 20 2 0 0 2
TEENS WITH INADEQUATE* PRENATAL CARE 5 1 0 4 4 1 0 3 1 0 0 1
TEENAGE FERTILITY RATE 37.5 1.5 72.8 (15-19) 39.3 1.8 76.6 (15-19) 27.4 0.0 51.9 (15-19)
TEENAGE FETAL DEATHS** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE FETAL DEATH RATIO 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATIONS# 3 0 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
TEENAGE INDUCED TERMINATION RATIO 29.7 0.0 54.0 16.1 33.3 0.0 60.6 18.2 0.0 . 0.0 0.0
TEENAGE PREGNANCIES# 104 2 39 63 93 2 35 56 11 0 4 7
TEENAGE PREGNANCY RATE 38.6 1.5 75.0 (15-19) 40.6 1.8 79.3 (15-19) 27.4 0.0 51.9 (15-19)
INFANT DEATHS TO TEENAGE MOTHERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
* ACCORDING TO THE KESSNER INDEX
** SPONTANEOUS FETAL DEATHS OF 20 WEEKS OR MORE GESTATION OR WEIGHT OF 350 GRAMS OR MORE
# FIGURES BY RACE MAY NOT ADD TO TOTAL BECAUSE TOTAL FIGURES INCLUDE SOME FOR WHICH RACE OF MOTHER WAS UNKNOWN
DEFINITIONS:
IMMATURE=BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS
PREMATURE=GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS
FERTILITY RATE=LIVE BIRTHS TO MOTHERS IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
FETAL DEATH RATIO=FETAL DEATHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INDUCED TERM. RATIO=INDUCED TERMINATIONS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 LIVE BIRTHS TO WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
PREGNANCIES=LIVE BIRTHS PLUS FETAL DEATHS PLUS INDUCED TERMINATIONS
PREGNANCY RATE=PREGNANCIES OF WOMEN IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP PER 1,000 FEMALES IN SPECIFIC AGE GROUP
INFANT DEATH=DEATH OF A LIVE-BORN INFANT BEFORE REACHING 1 YEAR OF AGE
